Lee Patrick Davis, a 38-year-old Black man from Charleston, West Virginia, was killed late on the night of February 26, 2021. Police were called to the 900 block of Woodward Drive at about 11:30 p.m. after reports of gunfire; officers found Davis with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was recorded as Charleston’s first homicide of 2021.

Investigators initially asked the public for help identifying a suspect, but police soon focused on Fahim Abdul-Majeed of South Charleston. He was located during a traffic stop on MacCorkle Avenue on February 27, taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder. A grand jury later indicted Abdul-Majeed on murder, using or presenting a firearm during the commission of a felony, and wanton endangerment.

The case did not end at arraignment; it later concluded in the courtroom with Abdul-Majeed receiving a 20-year prison sentence for Davis’s shooting death. What is still unclear to readers is who might have witnessed the shooting or has additional information about that night on Woodward Drive; anyone with information is asked to come forward.